Alexander Hugh Gye
Lieutenant-Commander Alexander Hugh Gye (7 February, 1884 – 21 December, 1916) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
He was awarded the Ryder Memorial Prize for 1903 for placing highest in the examination in French at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.
Gye was appointed in command of the destroyer Teviot on 24 August, 1912.[1]
Gye was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 April, 1914.[2]
On 17 June, 1914, he was appointed in command of the destroyer Lapwing,[3] remaining there when she fought as part of the First Destroyer Flotilla at the Battle of Jutland,[4] even though he'd been appointed to command the new destroyer Negro in May.[5] He was killed in command on 21 December, when Negro was lost in a collision with Hoste in the North Sea.[6]
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Philip W. C. Sharpe |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 113 21 Jul, 1906[7] – Dec, 1908[Inference] |
Succeeded by Clement R. Dane |
| Preceded by Walter J. Fletcher |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 10 14 Jan, 1911[8][9] – 15 Aug, 1911 |
Succeeded by Richard S. Robinson |
| Preceded by Adrian St. V. Keyes |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 4 15 Aug, 1911[10] – Jan, 1912 |
Succeeded by Myles A. Blomfield |
| Preceded by George H. I. Parker |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 2 c. late Jan, 1912[11] – 1 Mar, 1912 |
Succeeded by Myles A. Blomfield |
| Preceded by Gerald C. Harrison |
Captain of H.M.S. Teviot 1 Mar, 1912[12] – mid 1914 |
Succeeded by Gordon McL. Cameron |
| Preceded by Alan F. W. Howard |
Captain of H.M.S. Lapwing 17 Jun, 1914[13] – mid 1916 |
Succeeded by Hubert W. D. Griffith |
| Preceded by Hubert W. D. Griffith |
Captain of H.M.S. Negro May, 1916[14] – 21 Dec, 1916[15] |
Succeeded by Vessel Lost |
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 382.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 189.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 345.
- ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 47.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396e.
- ↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 302.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 399.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jan 16, 1911; pg. 4; Issue 39483.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 399.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 12 Aug. 1911, p. 11.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 26 Jan. 1912, p. 3.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Feb 24, 1912; pg. 4; Issue 39830.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 395i.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396e.
- ↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 302.
